Home Runs : 1982 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1982 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Reggie Jackson 39 California Angels 1
Gorman Thomas 39 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dave Winfield 37 New York Yankees 3
Ben Oglivie 34 Milwaukee Brewers 4
Cecil Cooper 32 Milwaukee Brewers 5
Dwight Evans 32 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Murray 32 Baltimore Orioles  
Lance Parrish 32 Detroit Tigers  
Andre Thornton 32 Cleveland Indians  
Doug DeCinces 30 California Angels 10
Robin Yount 29 Milwaukee Brewers 11
Tony Armas 28 Oakland Athletics 12
Brian Downing 28 California Angels  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 28 Baltimore Orioles  
Gary Ward 28 Minnesota Twins  
Hal McRae 27 Kansas City Royals 16
Dwayne Murphy 27 Oakland Athletics  
Harold Baines 25 Chicago White Sox 18
Gary Gaetti 25 Minnesota Twins  
Toby Harrah 25 Cleveland Indians  
Don Baylor 24 California Angels 21
John Lowenstein 24 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Rice 24 Boston Red Sox  
Larry Herndon 23 Detroit Tigers 24
Kent Hrbek 23 Minnesota Twins  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.